Vohra Wound Care Certification for Facility-Based Nurses

The Vohra Wound Care Certification program was developed by Vohra Wound Physicians. Vohra is the largest group of wound physicians in the United States, with more than 20 years of clinical experience providing wound care services to more than 3000 skilled nursing facilities in 30 states, with thousands of patients treated every month. We believe every patient, family, nurse, and caregiver can be empowered through education. Hundreds of thousands of people have already benefited from this course and the knowledge we have shared.

As a physician-led group, we focus on delivering better outcomes by partnering with our facilities and building long-term sustainable relationships. Today, we support over 3,000 Skilled Nursing Facilities, visiting each weekly as expert wound consultants. In many cases, we also supply the patient’s wound care dressings through our integrated dressings program (DDP).We share our passion for wound care more broadly throughout the medical community –domestically and internationally –through our expert publications and technology platforms. Our mobile application includes an artificial-intelligence based wound care healing predictor. We created a dedicated online platform to deliver practical wound care education, which has been selected by many U.S. states as their preferred course.

Our committed physicians, long-standing partnerships, innovative technologies and relentless dedication to improving outcomes position Vohra to continue to serve more patients every day.

Completing the Vohra Wound Care Certification program will help you determine the best wound treatment for your patients and improve their quality of life while helping to take your wound care nursing career to the next level.

Vohra, the largest and most active physician wound management group in the US, developed this advanced practice course for:

Registered Nurses (RN)

Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN)

Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN)

Nurse Practitioners (NP)

Physician Assistants (PA)

Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA)

Physical Therapists (PT)

Occupational Therapists (OT)

Doctors (MD/DO)

Questions? We’re happy to help. Contact [email protected].

After completing Vohra´s Wound Care Program you will earn 30 Continuing Nursing Education Credits (CNEs), which will fulfill the continued maintenance or expansion of your knowledge required to maintain your nursing license.

The continuing nursing education credits earned through the program are approved by the Maryland Nurses Association, which is an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

NOTE: In order to achieve the Vohra´s Wound Care Certificate with 30 CNEs, it is MANDATORY to complete the 2 courses: Vohra Wound Care Certification for Facility-Based Nurses: Introduction and Advanced Wound Management and Treatment.

What you'll learn

• Part 1: Introductory wound care topics:
• Acute and Chronic Wounds: Understand the damage to the skin and the underlying structures and determine the type of wounds based on the etiology
• Atypical Wounds: Review some of the more common challenges nurses and clinicians face in identifying and managing rare, yet potentially life-threatening, atypical wounds
• Geriatric Skin Conditions: Review what researchers are finding about common geriatric skin conditions
• Wound Care Treatment Options: Review the approach to wound dressing choices and the vital role that moisture plays in promoting faster healing for your patients
• Infection Control: Check out the most common mistakes in controlling infection and refresh the necessary protocols to keep yourself and your patients healthy and safe
• Wound Healing: Obtain a comprehensive, research-based overview of wound healing processes and considerations for local and systemic factors that affect wound healing
• Delayed Wound Healing: Cover the factors that can delay wound healing and learn to address them early to prevent delays